AMWA 2023 - A Huge Success!
AMWA 2023 in Auckland proved to be an incredible two days. Check out a few of the photos!
AMWA 2023 in Auckland proved to be an incredible two days. Check out a few of the photos!
What an incredible two days we had! Watch this space for photos and all the details from #AMWA 2023!
It's not too late! Conference registration is still open!
General registration is available up to the day, and you can even register on-site during the event. We'd love to see you there.
Dinner registrations have closed, but come and join us for the Networking Event on 24 August from 6.00-8.00pm at The Red Room, SkyCity.
We are thrilled to announce Amy Kelly as the winner of the AMWA Early Career Award for 2023. Amy's article is titled, "Friend or
foe? How bacteria in the uterus may influence IVF outcome", and impressed all our judges, including guest judge, Blair Hesp, Managing Director at Kainic Medical Communications and members of the AMWA committee.
We are thrilled to announce that Dr Siouxsie Wiles will be the Keynote Speaker at AMWA 2023! An unmissable opportunity to hear from this
award-winning microbiologist and science communicator.
Registrations will be opening soon!
Meet Marie Cheeseman, a freelance medical writer based in Auckland and a member of the AMWA executive committee.
Meet Dr Aajuli Shukla, a Deputy Editor and GP based in Sydney who is also on the AMWA Committee.
Meet Sheridan Henness, a Sydney-based medical writer who is also AMWA's Treasurer.
Meet Brisbane-based freelance medical writer, marketing consultant and AMWA executive committee member Eve Vickerson.
Meet Nicola Ryan, a freelance scientific medical writer based in Auckland, and learn about her journey to medical writing.
It was on a family trip to Mildura in north-west Victoria as a young child that I was first given penicillin. While I don't remember why, nor do I remember the rash I developed, it was then I was first introduced to my penicillin allergy - a seemingly innocuous friend that nonetheless threatened its pernicious intentions should it be taken for granted.
Viral nucleic acid tests, antigen tests, antibody tests, T-cell analysis, serology, sequencing. Just a sample of the terms and tech that you need to understand when writing about COVID-19 testing. Understand them all? Good, but I’m now going to spring a quick test on you – just like your favourite high school teacher:
I have lived my whole life with a rare disease I didn’t know I had. Only, recently have I come to know the name of it. This experience has been for me, one of equal part bewilderment, and of pieces of a puzzle finally slotting into their rightful place. A true watershed moment.
We are delighted to share the recent Joint Position Statement from our international counterparts AMWA, EMWA and ISMPP on Medical Publications, Preprints, and Peer Reviews which was published in CMRO.
Thank you to all of our applicants for the 2021 Early Career Award. We had many strong applications and we are delighted to announce the winner as Manuela Callari!
Achieving vaccination rates that provide herd immunity and protect populations from disease has challenged public health officials for decades. Vaccination against COVID-19 is no exception.
As countries around the world look to rapidly vaccinate entire populations against COVID-19, we take a look how this is being achieved in New Zealand
In the era of COVID-19 the interest in vaccine development and regulatory approval processes have never been greater. Find out how A/Prof Joanna Kirman tackles the big questions of how the COVID-19 vaccines were developed and approved so quickly.
Creating multiple vaccines for widespread use in the space of less than a year is boldly going where no humans have gone before. But, it does raise the question, how did we get here so quickly?
AMWA member, Marissa Philpott is hosting a networking event on October 25. Come and join her, and other health communicators, for a relaxed and informal evening in Malvern. Everyone is welcome!